Device for rolling tips for cigarette-machines.



No. 848,547. EATENTED AEE. 2, 1907.

J. CUENIEEET C i. lNICACLT. DEVICE ECE ECELINC TIES ECE CIGARETTEMACHINES.

APPLIGATIONTILBD DEO. 23. 1905.

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UNITED STAES PATENT OFFICE.

DEVICE FOR ROLLINGTIPS FOR CIGARETTE-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'.Eatentecl Aprii 2, 1907'.

Application Bled December 23, 1905. Serial No. 293,074.

. To all wiz/m, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J ULIEN GUENIFFET and J ULEs N IcAULT, 1oothcitizens of the Republic of France, and both residing at Faris, France,have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forRolling Tips for Cigarette-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a device for roll ing tips forcigarette-machines.

In the said device the strip of paper to be rolled is caught by anintermittently-rotating spindle having a split end to receive the pointof the strip. The latter is clamped between the branches of the spindleby the action of any suitable mechanism-such, for instance, as a socketslidable on the spindlein such a' manner that the split end of thespindle will be caused to bulge out a little and that the socket willhave to bear on the said bulged part when slid thereon. The end of thesaid socket is conical, so as to enable it to become readilydisconnected from the tip on the latter being wound in part around thesame and in part around the split spindle. Then the socket or othermechanism leaves the branches of the spindle, the said branches springaway from each other, so that the tip is enabled to be thrown readilyaway afterward from the spindle by an ejecting-ring slidable on the saidsocket and on the spindle.

One embodiment of this invention is shown, by way of example, in theaccompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section i of the device in theposition when the point of the strip of paper has just been caught bythe branches or' the split spindle. Fig. 2 is a partial plan viewcorresponding to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of aportion of Fig. 1 enlarged. Fig. 4 is an end elevation ot the spindleand the members surrounding the same.

In the drawings, l-designates a spindle coacting with a larger rod 2,which carries a slidable sleeve 3, serving to impart an intern mittentrotation to the same. For that purpose the sleeve 3 has on its oppositesides clutch members 4 and 5, capable of engaging now with aclutch-sleeve 6, secured to the main trame 7, and then with aclutch-sleeve S, which receives from a shaft 9 a continuous rotarymotion through the toothed wheels 10 10a and a inion 11, looselyTmounted on the rod 2. Tieengagement ci the clutches is shifted by meansof a swinging lever 12, which takes into the hollow end of the sleeve 3and is actuated by a cam 13.

The spindle 1 is surrounded by a slidable socket 14, to which is Secureda tube 15,pro vided with collars 16. A lever 17, actuated by a cam 18 ofthe shaft 9, `is engaged be tween the collars 15, and thus reciprocatesthe tube 15 and the socket 14.

The 'end of the spindle v1 is so slit as to be provided with twobranches 19, which when tree move slightly away from each other and havetheir middle slightly bulged out beyond the extended cylindrical surfaceof the body of the spindle, so that they are caused to approach eachother when the socket 14 is slid thereon and to clamp the point of thestrip of paper 20, of trapezium shape, engaged between the saidbranches.

The outer surface of the end of the socket is slightly conical and thesocket terminates in a thin bevel, so as to form a surface nearlycontinuous with that of the end oi" the spindle when slid thereon, asshown in the drawings, in order that the triangular part of the strip'ofpaper 20 shall be suitably wound in part on the spindle and in part onvthe socket 14.

At the rear part of the tube 15 there is formed a slideway or race, intowhich takes a pin 22 of the rod 2, so that the tube 15 and the socket 14turn at the same time as the spindle, while being enabled to slide.Around the socket 14 is located a movable ejectingring 23, having alateral rib whereby it is connected to any suitable controllingmechanism (not shown) in such a manner as to be slidable on the socket.

The device is mounted in a main frame 25, to which is secured a sleeve26, having a flared lateral slit 27 to be entered by the strip of paper20, and an opposite slit, in which the rib 24 is slidable. The bore ofthe said sleeve comprises a cylindrical part 28, in which the ring 23 isslidable, and a larger cylindrical part 29, in whichthe tube 15 isslidable.

The operation is as follows: The spindle being at rest, its slit isplaced in front of the slit 27 of the sleeve 26 and the socket 14 ismoved back, so that the branches 19 will spring open. A strip 20 is theninserted in the slit 27 and up between the branches 19. The socket ispushed into the position shown in the drawings, so as to nip thebranches 19 onto the strip 20. Then the sleeve 3 is IOO IIO

and around the socket 14 to form a tip Within the sleeve 2.6,untillthe'sleeveis brought back against the iixed sleeve 6 and stops thespindle. that its conical part Will Withdraw Jfrom the `tip and at thesame time allovs7 the branches 19 to spring back. Finally, the ring 23isso moved as to throw the tip outl of the sleeve 26,' after which it ismoved back to itsposition of. rest.

Instead of theslidable socket 14 any other suitableV device may be usedto cause the branches of the slit spindle to nip onto the point' of thestrip ofpaper to be Wound;

The controlling mechanisms hereinbefore described may of course bereplaced by any other equivalentv mechanisms Vliat We claim is- 11 In acigarette-machine, an apparatus forwinding or rolling comprising a-slitspindley having a bulged part, anda socket movable along the said`spindle, the end ofthe said-'socket which engages the bulgedpart of thespindle having an outer conicalsurface adaptedl tO form a conicalsurface substantially continuous with the end of the spindle when thesocket is brought into position to close the slit.

2i In a cigarette-machine, an apparatus for Winding or rollingcomprising a rotary slit spindle, a socket slidalole on the saidspindle` to close the slit portion, andslidable connections to cause thesaid socket to turn or revolve With the spindle.

The socket is again movedback, so.

3. In a cigarette-machine, an apparatus for rolling or Winding a taperedstrip to form a mouthpieeewith a spiral loose Within itvfory preventingescape of the tobacco and substantially cylindricalon the outside,including in combination a spindle with means at its` endiorcatching thepoint of such strip, said spindle having a substantially conical surfaceon Which said strip is Wound, and a sleeve having a cylindrical boresurrounding said conical surface.

4. In a cigarette-niachine,V an apparatus for rolling orWindingcompri'sing aslit spindle, means for closing ythe saidslit tocatch a sheet of paper inserted in the slit, and an ejecting-ringVsurrounding said spindle and reciprocable relatively thereto.

5. In a cigarette-machine, an apparatus for rolling or Winding a taperedstrip, including in combination a slit spindle 1, a socket 14 slidingover said spindle and adapted When slidzforvvard to close said slit tocatch in its endlthe point of said strip inserted in the slit, and asleeve 26 surrounding said spindle and having a flared slit throughwhich the paper may be introducedto the slit of the spindle.

In Witness whereof We have hereunto signed our names in the presence oftwo ysubscribing Witnesses.

JULIEN GUENIFFET. JULES NICAIILT. Witnesses tO signature of JulienGuenifet:

DOMINGO A. UsINA, THEODORE T. SNELL. Witnesses to signature of. JulesNicault:

HANsON C. COXE, MAURICE ROUX.

